Within the first 5 months of 2003 volume of repo transactions at KASE reached KZT1,171.5 bn and increased by 30.1%

/IRBIS, June 3, 03/ - Within the first five months of 2003 volume of repo transactions at Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) reached KZT1,171,465.7 m ($7,674.1 m) and increased by 30.1% relative to similar period of last year. In 2002 volume of such transactions at KASE was equal to KZT2,809.4 bn ($18,274.2 m). Below is the table showing volume of repo deals at KASE in 2003 grouped by months, and also turnover's structure and comparable data of 2002 (m KZT). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Repo sector ---------------------------------------- autorepo repo on direct deals ------------------ -------------------- Month CS GS CS GS Total --------------- ------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- January 737.6 195,101.3 3,025.6 38,752.7 237,617.2 February 741.7 186,706.2 3,989.3 31,876.5 223,313.8 March 1,202.3 164,050.2 2,959.2 32,334.8 200,546.6 April 1,966.6 238,472.8 10,159.2 30,147.2 280,745.8 May 1,629.9 201,043.4 3,125.1 23,444.0 229,242.4 --------------- ------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- Total 6,278.0 985,374.0 23,258.4 156,555.3 1,171,465.7 --------------- ------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- Jan-May of 2002 0 737,843.5 6,022.9 156,326.3 900,192.7 Trend, times X 1.34 3.86 1.00 1.30 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CS - corporate securities; GS - government securities. [2003-06-03]